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By DOUG McDONOUGH dmcdonough@hearstnp.com

Published 3:05 am, Tuesday, March 3, 2015

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March 4, 1945: Travis Weeks Whitson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Whitson of Plainview, has passed the Navy test for radar training and is awaiting his call for assignment. He is the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Whitson to enter the armed forces. Others are John B., who received a medical discharge from the Army and is being treated at Hines Veteran Hospital in Chicago; Staff Sgt. James W., with the 90th Signal Corps in Germany, and Pfc. Bert A., who is in the infantry in the Philippines.

--At least two Plainview soldiers are serving with the Fifth Army in Italy. They are Pvt. Lonnie C. Millard, rifleman, and Doyle D. Massey, truck driver. Millard is attached to the 362nd Infantry and Massey is with the 19th Engineers.

--First Lt. Robert E. Wilson Jr., pilot from Plainview, has been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Flying Cross for completing 600 hours of operational flight in transport aircraft over the India-China air route.

March 4, 1955: Lola Newton of Plainview was awarded a Monarch vacuum cleaner as a prize for winning a crossword puzzle contest sponsored by Atlas Stores in Lubbock. The prize was delivered to her home today.

--Ruby Morris and Janelle Whitlock of Plainview are among freshmen who pledged Pi Omega Social Sorority at West Texas State College in Canyon. Morris is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Morris and Whitlock is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitlock.

March 4, 1965: Members of the Olton Garden Club have purchased the frame building formerly used as the auditorium for the Presbyterian Church. It will be moved one block east of the Post Office on Eighth Street. After being remodeled, it will be used as a Women’s Clubhouse, according to Pearl Schrieir, Garden Club president.

--Dr. Harold D. Loden, general manager of Paymaster Seed Farms in Plainview, has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman to serve as a member of the Cotton Research Advisory Committee.

--Plans are being drawn for a field house annex at the Plainview High athletic complex northwest of Estacado Junior High. The new facility will utilize the existing structure of Bulldog Stadium to provide easy, inexpensive construction, according to School Superintendent Floyd Manry. It will be under the west side center bleacher stands.

March 4, 1975: Army Specialist 4 Marvin D. Faver, son of Jack B. Faver of Plainview, has been assigned as a finance clerk with the 8th Infantry Division in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.

--Army Specialist 4 Doyle W. Tosh, son of Mary Franklin of Plainview, is assigned as a cannoneer in the 75th Field Artillery at Hanau, Germany.

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--Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Rank Lindsey were presented plaques of appreciation by the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce noting their devotion to law enforcement for over 30 years. The plaques were presented by Sheriff Charles Tue during the weekly Petersburg Lions Club meeting. Lindsey is retiring and the couple is moving to Odessa. He will be replaced as Petersburg’s resident deputy by Ellis Butler.